Commentary for Terumot 7:4
זֶה הַכְּלָל, כָּל הַמְשַׁלֵּם קֶרֶן וְחֹמֶשׁ, הַתַּשְׁלוּמִין תְּרוּמָה, אִם רָצָה הַכֹּהֵן לִמְחֹל, אֵינוֹ מוֹחֵל. וְכָל הַמְשַׁלֵּם אֶת הַקֶּרֶן וְאֵינוֹ מְשַׁלֵּם אֶת הַחֹמֶשׁ, הַתַּשְׁלוּמִין חֻלִּין, אִם רָצָה הַכֹּהֵן לִמְחֹל, מוֹחֵל:
This is the general principle: whenever one has to pay both the principal value and the fifth, the <i>Tashlumin</i> are <i>Terumah</i>, [and] if the priest wishes to forego [the payments], he may not forego. But whenever one has to pay the principal value and not pay the fifth, the <i>Tashlumin</i> remain <i>Chulin</i>, [and] if the priest wishes to forego [the payments], he may forego.
English Explanation of Mishnah Terumot
This is the general principle: whenever one has to repay both the value and the fifth, the repayment becomes terumah, and if the priest desires to forgive the repayment, he cannot forgive.
But whenever one has to repay the value only and not the fifth, the repayment remains hullin (non-sacred, and if the priest wishes to forgive the repayment, he can.
This rule summarizes a principle that we have already seen in mishnayot one and three, concerning the status of the repayment as terumah or hullin and concerning the ability of the priest to forgive the repayment. Since we have already learned this twice, there is no commentary below.
But whenever one has to repay the value only and not the fifth, the repayment remains hullin (non-sacred, and if the priest wishes to forgive the repayment, he can.
This rule summarizes a principle that we have already seen in mishnayot one and three, concerning the status of the repayment as terumah or hullin and concerning the ability of the priest to forgive the repayment. Since we have already learned this twice, there is no commentary below.
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